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DP-2. Social Characteristics

Subject Number

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

2,125

Urban population

0

Rural population

2,125

Farm population

25
   

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

499

Preprimary school

26

Elementary or high school

314

Percent in private school

3.2

College

159
   

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

1,475

Less than 9th grade

185

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

196

High school graduate

259

Some college, no degree

196

Associate degree

59

Bachelor's degree

277

Graduate or professional degree

303
   

Percent high school graduate or higher

74.2

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

39.3
   

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,009

Lived in same house

1,245

Lived in different house in U.S.

716

Same state

585

Same county

398

Different county

187

Different state

131

Lived abroad

48
   

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

1,450

With a mobility or self-care limitation

36

With a mobility limitation

36

With a self-care limitation

36

With a work disability

131

In labor force

42

Prevented from working

61
   

Persons 65 years and over

312

With a mobility or self-care limitation

84

With a mobility limitation

84

With a self-care limitation

71
   

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

46

Women 25 to 34 years

968

Women 35 to 44 years

1,640
   

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

321

65 years and over

65
   

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

2,125

Native population

2,111

Percent born in state of residence

68.0

Foreign-born population

14

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

0
   

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

2,009

Speak a language other than English

6

Do not speak English "very well"

3

Speak Spanish

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

0

Do not speak English "very well"

0
   

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

2,337

Arab

12

Austrian

0

Belgian

0

Canadian

0

Czech

0

Danish

0

Dutch

71

English

542

Finnish

0

French (except Basque)

55

French Canadian

0

German

685

Greek

50

Hungarian

0

Irish

250

Italian

41

Lithuanian

0

Norwegian

0

Polish

0

Portuguese

0

Romanian

0

Russian

0

Scotch-Irish

129

Scottish

60

Slovak

0

Subsaharan African

0

Swedish

12

Swiss

18

Ukrainian

0

United States or American

301

Welsh

0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

8

Yugoslavian

0

Other ancestries

103
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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